Bailey
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Been using BugSlide for years....stuff is GREAT IMHO :2thumbs:
Hey Bailey
Pops
How do they do it?
- Thread starter KROGOTH
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Pops
Reaper
Well-Known Member
Thank you Kaptin.:2thumbs:
K9Anniv
Well-Known Member
Except in your heart, and that's really where it counts anyway! You're having fun and enjoyiin' the ride on your Big Dog, Ray....keep on rolling!Mine........... Well it'll never win any awards!
K9Anniv
Well-Known Member
All I'll say is don't use Liquid Glass on your chrome...it's for paint only, in spite of what the can says. I used a brand new can of this stuff on a Harley a few years ago and, while the paint ended up looking great, there were a LOT of hairline scratches in the finish chrome!
:angry::bang: Somebody told me Liquid Glass was basically "melted plastic"...well, I don't know about that..but I do know what it did to my chrome!
KaptinAmerika
Guru
Good call K9Aniv, I didn't advocate usiing it on chrome here or else where but your right I should have made that point as it does say that on the can. Don't use Liquid Glass on anything but your PAINT people. AS K9Aniv stated it states that you can on the container but you DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.:up:All I'll say is don't use Liquid Glass on your chrome...it's for paint only, in spite of what the can says. I used a brand new can of this stuff on a Harley a few years ago and, while the paint ended up looking great, there were a LOT of hairline scratches in the finish chrome!
KaptinAmerika
Guru
You can get Scratch Out at a local ACE hardware in St Louis
and
Advance Auto Parts in St Louis carrys Liquid Glass but they don't appear to carry Scratch Out so you will have to make two trips
OrangeSkullz
Active Member
piss on Liquid Glass........................ZYMOL
KaptinAmerika
Guru
Whatever Orange, Zymol is nothing more than a wax based product, and yes I tried it, like so much of the other shit out there. Unless you have some kind of proof otherwise.
Liquid Glass actually helps seal the clear coat on your paint and becomes hard. After Liquid Glass you can put anything you want on there although I wouldn't waste my time putting more wax based crap on my paint just to make it more dull. A quality waterless cleaner is all that is needed after the Liquid Glass.
Liquid Glass actually helps seal the clear coat on your paint and becomes hard. After Liquid Glass you can put anything you want on there although I wouldn't waste my time putting more wax based crap on my paint just to make it more dull. A quality waterless cleaner is all that is needed after the Liquid Glass.
OrangeSkullz
Active Member
I assume you've tried the liquid......correct?
The paste waxes are the best money can buy, right up to the small 8oz jar for $500+ bucks.
Been cleaning shit for 26+ years, spent a few of those working for an air-brush artist here in Ohio. I've cleaned more cars & bikes than most folks could imagine.
In this instance, I'll stand by what I know............not what I read or hear.
KaptinAmerika
Guru
Great Orange so elighten the original thread creator, as well as myself since the Scratch Out and Liquid Glass method are what I was taught by Builders and Showers of a variety of cars and bikes with various awards not to mention its the method I have used on both my choppers for the past 6 years both of which had/have wicked deep, smooth paint.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
My original intent was to answer the man's question. Not get into some pissing match about who makes the best shit in the world.
And I'm never to old to learn something new
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
My original intent was to answer the man's question. Not get into some pissing match about who makes the best shit in the world.
And I'm never to old to learn something new
abnmechny
Active Member
I saw both of them at auto zone.
liquid glass was like 13 bucks
KIT scratch out was like 8 bucks
OrangeSkullz
Active Member
No need to "enlighten" any further, I don't care if Chip Foose told you to use Scratch Out & Liquid Glass. You put your valuable 6 years of polishing & knowledge to use.
as Moses once said, "So let it be written.......So let it be done".
KaptinAmerika
Guru
About what I expected anothe thread jacker
'Moses'
How did religion get sucked into a simple thread about how to get a show shine on your ride?????:loony::loony::loony:
'Moses'
How did religion get sucked into a simple thread about how to get a show shine on your ride?????:loony::loony::loony:
Reaper
Well-Known Member
Great, thank you for the intel, very much appreciated.:2thumbs:
OrangeSkullz
Active Member
Don't get pissed because I knew you've ONLY tried the ZYMOL liquid and not the paste.
You seem to know all the show quality car/bike builders, why let a little nobody like me get under your skin.
If you believe in what they tell you, don't let me hold you down :lol:
Reaper
Well-Known Member
Thank you, appreciate it.:2thumbs:
nine lives
Active Member
I use Meguiars Swirl X to get the spider webs out of the paint, then use Meguiars NTX 2.0. Smooooooooooooooth as glass. On the aluminum I use Mothers Billet, gives a great shine. I use about 5-10 different well worn towels. Takes me about 6 hours and two six packs of Sam Adams to get a real nice detail, but it's worth it.:up:
KaptinAmerika
Guru
Oh its got nothing to do with anyone holding me down and it takes alot more than a non-participant to get under my skin. Even if I tried the paste it wouldn't matter because the method I use has proven to me time and again that its better than any paste wax. I don't need to know "ALL the car and Bike builders". I only need to know the ones that I know and I only need to see the cars and bikes they have built, had painted and then finished themsleves with the method I have outlined in this thread to see that it works and very well. Its a simple thread with a simple question that I offered up my simple ideas on. You got a better method I'm all ears. The only thing you continue to offer up is negativity and silly comments. That tyoe of attitude is part of what is wrong with this world today. Offer up something practicle that will assist the original thread starter and others on this forum. There is no paste wax on this planet that will take a paint job that has issues such as nicks, scratches and swirl marks get rid of them all, smooth out the paint and leave it with a show quality finish. There are companies with "Systems" where you have to use a line up of their products, and Zymol is one of them, to get that "Show Quality" finish but I don't want to use three or four different products over a period of time to do that when I already know that the two part system I have been taught, after proper paint prep has been completed, works just as well. You seem to be stuck on the "Liquid Glass" part of this thread. If you had read it all you would note that there is a lot more to it than just that. So I ask you again, for the original thread starter:
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
You clearly have 20 years on me and way more clean and Show Quality polished vehicles than I could everr possibly imagine so I'm asking you
How Do They Do It?
What method do you recommend to get that "Show Quality" finish.
Seriously I am asking the question.
OrangeSkullz
Active Member
It's simple Junior................ZYMOL (re-read my original post). There's is no method, just simple elbow grease is all thats needed. You don't remove scratches, you simply cover/mask them. A good wax/polish, (Scratch Out) ect. fills those imperfections and creates the illusion the scratch is gone by reflecting tiny bits of light on each side of that area to make it appear as if its gone......when in actual fact it's not. Let the same vehicle sit in the sun for days or wash it numerous times and that slight imperfection will show back up.
If said scratch is beneath the clear and deeply into the paint NOTHING WILL REMOVE IT except a high quality buffing, which in actual fact just removes tiny bits of paint around said area to give it the appearance it's gone.
Your claiming these builders have shown you "how they do it". You give me a vehicle that's "shown", and I could use a turd on it and make it look good. It has nothing to do with the polishing method, it's simply the fact that the paint is of show quality.
We can debate this ALL day long, but I have better things to do.
Now hop on your scooter, head to Autozone and get your high quality products to polish your toys.